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From: Tim Hesketh <T DOT Hesketh AT unsw DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Help! I'm stuck in V86 mode and I can't get out
Date: 29 Nov 1995 22:28:27 GMT
Organization: University of New South Wales
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David Gasaway <dgasaway AT barnard DOT csustan DOT edu> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, Patrick Sullivan wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, juan j casero wrote:
> > 
> > > On 13 Nov 1995, Stan Lackey wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I am trying it under MSDOS, DRDOS, and a DOS window under Windows 3.11
> > > > and the result is always the same.  Hardware is a Packard Bell 486/25;
> > > > 8 meg RAM.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!!  -Stan
> > > > 
> > > 
> > I also have heard tales of woe from others, with PBell. I have installed
> > djgpp in my poor old 386sx 16mhz, 2meg ram, vga and it runs.
> > 
> > Patrick Sullivan psullivn AT intersurf DOT com
> > 
> > Best o luck!
> 
> Actually....I ran DJGPP on my PACKARD BELL(!) 386sx 16mhz, 2meg, vga. ;-)
> But, no, I didn't like it (the machine that is...)
> 
> Anyway...I have Dos 6.20, and what I did (and do on my 486) is setup 
> multiple boot configurations.  In my DJGPP boot setup, I don't load 
> EMM386 at all.
> 
> ==============================================
> dgasaway AT ceti DOT csustan DOT edu
> DGasaway AT bitsnbytes DOT win DOT net
> 
> David K. Gasaway
> Computer Science Major
> California State University, Stanislaus
> ==============================================
> 
We have exactly the same problem with several other machines. (I
thought I would throw PACKARD BELL a slim lifeline). Eliminating
EMM386 is good advice.

Tim Hesketh
t DOT hesketh AT unsw DOT edu DOT au